"Even the healthy ones are killed and disposed of like trash."
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PAOV — Julie adopted her dog Violet from a government-funded testing lab in the Unites States. Unlike Violet, most animals are not as lucky and are instead killed right after the experiment ends. Join Julie and the animal advocacy group, White Coat Waste Project, in calling on US government agencies to permit the adoption of healthy retired lab animals. Sign and share today to help save these animals used in experiments.
Petitioning Dr. Alex Azar, Dr. Sonny Perdue, Ryan Zinke, Dr. Robert Wilkie, General James Mattis, Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Dr. David Skorton, Dr. Robert Redfield
Retire dogs, cats & monkeys from U.S. government labs! #GIVETHEMBACK
Petition by Julie Germany & White Coat Waste Project
United States of America
132,280
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In 2014, I adopted my best friend Violet from the basement of a taxpayer-funded animal experimentation lab. Now, I’m working with Congress to get dogs like her, as well as cats and monkeys, released from government labs at the end of experiments. When I met Violet, she lived alone in a cage in a laboratory basement. She had never been outside, never seen stairs and most of her experiences with humans involved fear and pain. She loved other dogs but was understandably terrified of humans. Now, we’re inseparable, and she’s best friends with our cats and even helps us foster kittens!
But, Violet is one of the lucky ones. Thousands of cats, monkeys and dogs like her are experimented on each year in government labs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Smithsonian Institution.
Because its quicker and easier than relocating them to rescue groups, private homes or sanctuaries, experimenters usually kill these animals and dispose of them like trash, even if they’re healthy.
Now, the taxpayers who bought these animals want them released. Recently, our organization White Coat Waste Project has secured the release of monkeys from the FDA, and is working to get dogs out of VA labs and kittens released by the USDA.
Please join me in urging all government agencies to #GiveThemBack: retire and release animals at the end of taxpayer-funded experiments!
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